Improvement in brooms



J. D. BLOOD.

Improvement in Brooms.

NQ, 129,089, Patented .luly16,.1872.

IIIl l UNITED STATES JOHN D. BLOOD, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,089, dated July 16,1872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. BLOOD, of Amsterdam, in the county ofMontgomery and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in the Manufacture of Brooms and Brushes 5 and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in a metallic brace-braid for broomsand brushes, out or stamped out with a series of tongues, which areturned up and clinched over the wires, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of the upper part of a broom or brush having mymetallic bracebraid, and Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of themetallic brace-braids.

A represents the handle, and B the broomcorn, of which a broom or brushis made. O represents the metallic brace-braid, made of a piece of sheetmetal of suitable length and width, which is cut or stamped out so as toform a series of tongues, a a. These tongues may be square, as shown inFig. 2, or threecornered, as shown in Fig.`3, or of any other desiredshape, and turned outward. The brace-braids thus made are placedlengthwise on the broom-corn B at the lower part of the handle, and thewire D wound around the same in the usual manner to secure the broomcornto the handle. The wire is wound, as shown in Fig. 1, between thetongues a a, and said tongues are turned and clinched over the wires,thus holding the same the proper distance apart, and preventing themslipping. The tongues a a may, as above described, be of any desiredshape, and they may be made to turn up or down over the wire, orV one upand one down, or in any other suitable manner to clinch the wire.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The metallic brace-braid C, having a series of tongues, a a, out,stamped, or otherwise formed with it, which tongues are to be turn edover to clinch the wire, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this3d day of JOHN D. BLOOD.

June, 1872.

Witn esses J. W. VERBEOK, GEO. S. DEVENDORE.

